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DEFINITION: n. A message, which does not include a name, a number, or any other relevant information which could be used to identify the caller. v. To leave a message without identifying yourself.
Verboticisms
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Gibbage
Created by: toralora
Pronunciation: gibb/a/ch
Sentence: I didn't call you back because you left a gibbage on my voice mail. How could I have known it was you?
Etymology: Gibberish (=nonsense) + message
Ghostmail
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: GOST-mayl
Sentence: His message was a ghostmail as it didn't include any identifying information and could not be returned.
Etymology: ghost + mail
Fromwhonication
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: from who nik kay shun
Sentence: Gisele hated the fact that all her 14 year old girlfriends left her messages, but she could not figure out who had sent them. She called this a fromwhonication and her friends could never figure out why she never called them back.
Etymology: From who? & Communication (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information)
Voicefail
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: voy-sss-fay-el
Sentence: Once again, Wanda fell victim to several voicefail messages when most of the callers left no information.
Etymology: Voice+fail
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COMMENTS:
Oooh the best! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:56:00
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Anonymessage
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: uh-NON-ee-mes-ej
Sentence: Bloody hell! That's the third anonymessage today. Maybe I should just start answering the phone...
Etymology: a message from anonymous
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COMMENTS:
Great one! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:55:00
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Enigmessage
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌɛnɪgˈmɛsədʒ/
Sentence: I hate enigmessages.
Etymology: From enigma + message.
Anonymissive
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: uh-non-uh-mis-iv
Sentence: "Blocked" anonymissives on her cell were giving Tammy a headache.
Etymology: anony + missive 1601, from Gk. anonymos "without a name," from an- "without" + onyma ("m" is retained by use of "missive"), Æolic dialectal form of onoma "name" + 1444, from M.L. missivus "for sending, sent," esp. in littera missiva "letters sent," fro
Callerhidee
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kawl ler hy dee
Sentence: Ginger's new phone had all the bells and whistles and yet she still received mysterious calls from unknown senders. The person trying to reach her obviously had a callerhidee feature on their phone. After fretting for two weeks that she was being stalked by some masher, she went to the phone company. Mystery solved...it turned out to be a five year old in Buenos Aires who had just discovered his mom's phone and among other things, loved the beepy noises that the re-dial button made.
Etymology: Play on Caller ID (a small display that will show you the telephone number of the party calling you) & Hide (make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing)
Whuismi
Created by: tonya87
Pronunciation: Who-is-me
Sentence: Why does every one leave a whuismi!
Etymology:
Calldismay
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: cawl/dis/mae
Sentence: An empty voicemail is a calldismay
Etymology: call display + dismay
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-07: 13:23:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James
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